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A review by arielamandah
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
4.0
This book built for me as it went along. Initially, I struggled to connect with the primary narrator and was uncomfortable with the way she crafted the story she told herself about what happened (but that felt like a great parallel to the act of writing a novel or even a story, and also something we all do with/to each other), BUT the other characters far made up for it and kept me reading.
I feel that Ruskovich was in her element when writing the children’s stories. The way she sets those scenes and describes the smells and sounds was so “true” for me, and strongly resonated with my “sense memories” of growing up in rural (at the time) Washington. The chapter from the bloodhound blew me away.
By the end of the book, the way the stories wove together, the kindness of the characters, and even the way she did (or didn’t) resolve certain stories really came off beautifully.
I feel that Ruskovich was in her element when writing the children’s stories. The way she sets those scenes and describes the smells and sounds was so “true” for me, and strongly resonated with my “sense memories” of growing up in rural (at the time) Washington. The chapter from the bloodhound blew me away.
By the end of the book, the way the stories wove together, the kindness of the characters, and even the way she did (or didn’t) resolve certain stories really came off beautifully.